Uniform Title Black press (Television program) Title The black press : soldiers without swords / California Newsreel presents ; directed and produced by Stanley Nelson ; writers, Jill Nelson, Stanley Nelson, Lou Potter, Marcia Smith ; Half Nelson Productions, Inc

Published [San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [1998]

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 86 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences Contents Black press overview (2:02) -- Too long have others spoken for us (14:43) -- Standing up for the race (26:06) -- Separate world (16:13) -- Treason? (12:55) -- Putting itself out of business (12:49) -- Credits: The black press: soldiers without swords (1:15) Summary Archival footage and interviews trace the history of African American newspapers and journalism from the Antebellum period to the Civil Rights Movement Notes Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998, released in January, 1999; broadcast on PBS on February 8, 1999 Credits Camera, Bobby Shepard, Rick Butler ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; music, Ron Carter ; writers, Jill Nelson, Stanley Nelson, Lou Potter, Marcia Smith ; associate producer, director of research, Valerie Linson Performer Narrator: Joe Morton ; commentary by historians and journalists: Jane Rhodes, Vernon Jarrett, Phyl Garland, Christopher Reed, James Grossman, Earl Calloway, Patrick Washburn, Timuel Black, Edward Robinson, George Barbour, Robert R. Lavelle, Charles Harris, Vera Jackson, Frank E. Bolden, Edna Chappell McKenzie, John Sengstacke, Evelyn Cunningham Notes In English MPAA rating: Not rated Sundance Film Festival, Freedom of Expression Award, 1999 Online resource; title from resource description page (Infobase, viewed September 30, 2020) Subject Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940. Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969. Vann, Robert L., 1879-1940. Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972. Murphy, Carl, 1889-1967. Murphy, John Henry, 1840-1922. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948. Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995. SUBJECT Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 fast Vann, Robert L., 1879-1940 fast Murphy, John Henry, 1840-1922 fast Murphy, Carl, 1889-1967 fast Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948 fast Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 fast Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 fast Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 fast Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969 fast Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940 fast Chicago defender. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011160567 Pittsburgh courier. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011160600 California eagle. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81125194 Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008058040 Pittsburgh courier fast Chicago defender fast California eagle fast Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.) fast Subject African American press -- History African American newspapers -- History African American journalists -- Biography Freedom of the press -- United States -- History Racism -- United States -- History African American journalists -- Interviews Journalists -- United States -- Interviews Photojournalists -- United States -- Interviews African American cartoonists -- Interviews Advertising, Newspaper -- United States -- History Racism Race relations Photojournalists Journalists Freedom of the press African American cartoonists Advertising, Newspaper African American journalists African American newspapers African American press SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History Subject United States Genre/Form Nonfiction films Interviews Internet videos Historical films Feature films Biographies Documentary films History Documentary films. Historical films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Internet videos. Documentaires. Films historiques. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet. Form Streaming video Author Nelson, Stanley, 1951- screenwriter, film director, film producer. Nelson, Jill, 1952- screenwriter. Potter, Lou, screenwriter Smith, Marcia A., screenwriter Morton, Joe, 1947- narrator. Rhodes, Jane, 1955- commentator. Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004, commentator. Garland, Phyl, commentator Grossman, James R., commentator Calloway, Earl, commentator Washburn, Patrick Scott, commentator Black, Timuel D., Jr., commentator. Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998, commentator. Bolden, Frank E., 1912-2003, commentator. Buttler, Rick, director of photography Shepard, Bobby, director of photography Erskine, Lewis, editor of moving image work Half Nelson Productions, Inc., production company. California Newsreel (Firm), presenter, publisher.

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